Forward Email
Privacy-focused encrypted email for everyone. All-in-one alternative to Gmail + Mailchimp + Sendgrid. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
94/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 85
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0.0
- age_days: 2451
- days_rel: 20
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 257
Adoption not part of the score
1662 stars · 201 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Forward Email is a 100% open-source, privacy-focused email service providing free email forwarding for custom domains, plus outbound SMTP, IMAP, and POP3 with individually encrypted SQLite mailboxes. The original forwarding repository has been merged into the forwardemail/forwardemail.net monorepo, which contains the MX server and full service source code.
Use cases
- forward email from my custom domain to gmail
- set up catch-all email aliases for my domain
- self-host an open-source email forwarding service
- send transactional email via SMTP API
- receive incoming email as webhooks to my app
- migrate off Amazon WorkMail to an open-source email provider
- encrypted IMAP mailbox for my domain
When to choose
- you want free or paid email forwarding for custom domains with DNS-based setup
- you need a privacy-focused email provider with encryption-at-rest and open-source code
- you want programmatic domain/alias management via a REST API and webhooks
- you need enterprise email forwarding for universities, governments, or organizations
When to avoid
- you need a full collaborative suite with calendars, docs, and shared drives
- you require a traditional shared-database mailbox with password-reset recovery
- you want a turnkey on-premise mail server without using their hosted service
- you need a license-guaranteed product, as the repo shows no explicit license
Facets
service · maturity active
email proxy security self-hosted api-framework email privacy self-hosted developer-tools self-hosted email-forwarding mta smtp imap encrypted-mailboxes custom-domains open-source-email nodejs linux web-server
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/forwardemail/forwardemail.net · fetched 2026-08-28 · b989b64fd6ca
- homepage: https://forwardemail.net · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2594e86e2148
- site_page: https://forwardemail.net/en/blog/docs/best-quantum-safe-encrypted-email-service · fetched 2026-08-29 · 569f245e2665
- site_page: https://forwardemail.net/en/blog/docs/canonical-ubuntu-email-enterprise-case-study · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1196fa823dbe
- site_page: https://forwardemail.net/en/blog/docs/alumni-email-forwarding-university-case-study · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2231a18f45ef
- site_page: https://forwardemail.net/en/blog/docs/federal-government-email-service-section-889-compliant · fetched 2026-08-29 · aeb1d53b9dd8
- site_page: https://forwardemail.net/en/blog/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · b381f57f7573
- site_page: https://forwardemail.net/en/blog/docs/how-npm-packages-billion-downloads-shaped-javascript-ecosystem · fetched 2026-08-29 · f93a14c4fbed
- site_page: https://forwardemail.net/en/blog/docs/amazon-workmail-migration-guide · fetched 2026-08-29 · de795ebaa8cb
- site_page: https://forwardemail.net/en/faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · d34a913385cf
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| forwardemail/forwardemail.net | main | 94 |
| forwardemail/free-email-forwarding | mirror | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="forwardemail/forwardemail.net")
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